पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 5, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra309.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha234.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.53°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra272.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani146.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

Badarīnāth — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:47 – 12:03
Yamaganda14:37 – 15:54
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 09:30
Varjyam07:22 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:56 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:13 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:47 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:20 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:37 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:54 – 17:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:11 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:54 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:37 – 22:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:20 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:47 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:13 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7433°
Longitude: 79.4938°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3133 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866340.27
Julian Day2454805.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9777°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.35°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9777°), declination -22.39°, EoT 8.56 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-12-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)